NTRODUCTION
State the theory behind the lab.
Perform the calculations for the design.
EQUIPMENT
List of devices and meters used to conduct the experiment
PROCEDURE
Steps you took to carry out the lab.
RESULTS
What did you discover/confirm?
Screen shots of the meter readings.
Use tables and diagrams to record results.
Compare calculations with the measured values.
CONCLUSION
What did you learn?
Construct EACH of the following in a single document. Each tool should mirror a process in your workplace (it does not have to be the same process for all these tools).
Refer to the course textbook and at least one additional reference in your paper.
Format for Assignment:
the company prepares to meet demand and capacity requirements for its planned future growth, you have been asked to review the current forecasting strategy and help implement a new strategic plan for forecasting demand. The new forecasting plan ties directly to the overall strategic planning methodology established by the company. The company historically has used a time series method. The forecasting methods under consideration are the following:
Using research, complete the following:
| Grading Criteria |
Percentage |
| Deliverable requirements addressed; understanding of material and writer’s message and intent are clear. |
35% |
| Scholarly research that supports the writer’s position is properly acknowledged and cited. Direct quotations may not exceed 10% of the word count of the body of the assignment deliverable (excluding title page, abstract, or table of contents if used and tables, exhibits, appendices, and reference page). Inclusion of plagiarized content will not be tolerated and may result in adverse academic consequences. |
20% |
| Critical thinking: Position is well-justified, there is logical flow, and there are examples. |
20% |
| Structure: Includes introduction and conclusion, proper paragraph format, and reads as a polished, academic paper or professional presentation, as appropriate for the required assignment deliverable. |
10% |
| Mechanical: No spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors. |
10% |
| APA: Deliverable is cited properly according to the APA Publication Manual (6th ed.). |
5% |
For this project you will investigate a topic in world history up to 1000 CE. Write an essay of 1200 words, in which you examine the development of some aspect of an ‘Ancient City’ and investigate its history as it relates to the rise of civilization. To complete this research you will need to locate 1) one or more primary historical sources (documents written in the ancient period by people living in (or who visited) the city, 2) at least one secondary historical source that places the primary sources in their historical context (works written by contemporary historians).
Please submit a 250 word proposal of your research project (details below) that includes:
1) A formal title that describes the project (not just “History Proposal”),
2) Your Name, Course Number, and Section
3) A paragraph with a preliminary description of your project as you plan now. Include some details about: the people who lived there, their government institutions, arts and other cultural developments, and the historical context (migrations, climate, geography, etc), and make sure to discuss how it relates to the course.
4) A bibliography with:( separate the primary and secondary sources in your bibliography.)
a) at least ONE Primary Source (a document or object produced by the people and during the time you are investigating). You need to explain why this is a primary source and how you are going to use it.
b); and TWO secondary sources that are scholarly historical articles or books about the topic. Discuss how these sources will help you to place the primary source in its historical context.
Provide citations for these (not URLS) in this or a similar format:
Author, Title (publisher), date, page numbers (for articles). Here is a brief and useful webpage: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
Project draft:
Please submit your research essay outline or draft (***The more text you provide us, the better suggestions we can give you for the final version). These should include the following items:
Formal Title (underlined): A descriptive sentence that tells the reader about the project (here is your chance to be poetic).
Author name (include all group members, too)
Course number and Date
Body of essay (***Citations are required and you can use any method you want, but I prefer footnotes in the Chicago Manual style (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html):
– Introduction (your proposal)
Then break your story up into sections divided by sub-headings:
– Part I – Sub-heading and then a discussion of what you think the reader needs to know first to follow your argument/story.
– Point a
– Point b
– Point c
– Part II Sub-heading
– Point a
– Point b
– Point c
– Part III (and so on until you have outlined your story)
– Conclusion (either a recap of the main points of your essay, a discussion looking forward from the end of your essay (some like to discuss how their topic relates to today), or both of these.
Bibliography divided into two sections: 1) Primary sources, and 2) Secondary sources
Add a map of the region during the time period (or close to it) into the paper and cited it.
Hint:
Where to find the resources. (Please use those two way to find resources, my professor want us use those two) if those two library need ID to check resources, I will give you my ID and password by email.
a) Hagerty Library Summon searches (https://www.library.drexel.edu/)
– keywords and refinements
b) JSTOR (http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy2.library.drexel.edu/)
– scholarly sources almost always
one or more primary historical sources (documents written during the time you are focusing on.).
Examples:
A diary excerpt from a political leader
An artifact of historical significance
Literary publication
Quote in a scholarly biographies
2) at least two secondary historical sources that place the primary sources in their historical context (works written by contemporary historians).
1) Examples:
a) A book (monograph) on world history
b) Documentaries
c) An encyclopedia entry (Weak)
MUST BE ORIGINAL WORK, USING APA standards of citations and references. Also paper with NO PLAGERISM.
Marketing Presentation
Directions:
You are to create a professional marketing presentation that includes the details of the marketing mix items below and the background information developed in your international marketing report you created in Module 3. The final presentation will address global marketing issues relevant to the selected company, its product, home country, and the U.S. market, and will evaluate alternative methods of addressing these issues.
Entry from Home Country into U.S.
Topics in your marketing presentation will reflect the course topics, assignments, readings, and research and should include:
In order for this assignment to be compatible with TurnItIn, you will need to save your PowerPoint presentation as an Adobe PDF file. To do this, open your presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint. Choose “Save As” from the File menu, then choose “Adobe PDF”. Before saving your file, click on the Options button and check the box next to “Convert Speaker Notes.” Now choose to save your file. Your speaker notes will be included in your PDF file that you will submit for this assignment. Submit this file along with your presentation.
Note: If your version of Microsoft PowerPoint does not have the option to include speaker notes, you will need to submit a Microsoft Word document that contains all information from your presentation, including the speaker notes.
Use the following questions to check your work for completeness:
| Assignment 1 Grading Criteria | Maximum Points |
| Develop an executive summary. | 12 |
| Provide background information on the company, the product, and your role. | 16 |
| Explain global marketing mix: product. | 32 |
| Explain global marketing mix: pricing. | 32 |
| Explain any global issues/constraints. | 20 |
| Analyze promotion strategies and global marketing communication decisions. | 32 |
| Analyze market entry strategy. | 32 |
| Identify needed physical distribution. | 32 |
| Incorporate suggestions for leading, organizing, and controlling of global marketing efforts. | 20 |
| Include final summary conclusion and make recommendations. | 12 |
| Organization: Introduction, transitions, and conclusion. | 16 |
| Style: Tone, audience, and word choice. | 8 |
| Usage and Mechanics: Grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. | 16 |
| APA Elements: Attribution, paraphrasing, and quotations. | 20 |
| Total: | 300 |
1. Review the Portfolio Management Project assignment. The situation is: As a professional financial advisor, it is your assignment to create and manage a long-term portfolio for a client. The client wants a diversified portfolio with $100,000 invested in each of the following types of securities: Stocks, Bonds, Options and Futures.
2. The assignment for the first week is to develop an investment policy statement to guide the portfolio construction and asset management.
The Portfolio Management Project Written Report Assignment: Is a research paper that must be a minimum of 16 to 20 MS Word pages (double spaced) plus exhibits and related documentation (e.g., reports, tables, etc.). The paper should include a summary or abstract of the paper consisting of approximately two hundred (200) words. The research paper will be in the APA format and include at least four appropriate references. (See below for the course writing rubric.)
The Portfolio Management Project Written Report grade will be determined as follows:
Requirements
Week 1 P1 Selecting Investments 2%
Week 2 P2 Initial Portfolio 3%
Week 3 P3 Price History Report Narrative 5%
Week 4 P4 Investment Return Excel Spreadsheet 3%
Week 5 P5 Written Report Draft 4%
Week 7 P7 Final Written Report 15%
The Portfolio Management Project Presentation Assignment: The presentation will consist of thirteen or fourteen (13-14) PowerPoint slides.
The Portfolio Management Project Presentation grade will be determined as follows:
Requirements
Week 6 P6 Presentation Draft 2%
Week 7 P8 Final Presentation 8%
Week 8 P9 Presentation Participation 2%
Note: You will also be asked to present the information you obtained in the research for your paper. After this presentation, you will receive feedback from your peers and instructor. Your final paper will need to include revisions based on this feedback.
Course Written Paper Rubric
Citations should be in APA format. Your paper should be double-spaced, with one-inch margins, and should be in 12-point Times New Roman font. Include a minimum of eight references that are current (from within the past five years).
Criteria 5 4 3 2 1
Introduction Posed thoughtful, creative questions that contribute to knowledge in a specific area Posed thoughtful, creative questions that contribute to knowledge in a specific area Posed focused questions that yield relevant information in a specific area. Posed focused questions that yield relevant information in a specific area. Relied on teacher-generated questions or posed questions with little creativity
Organization Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs content follows a logical sequence which adds clarity to reader Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs content flows nicely to add clarity to reader Information is generally organized with only 1 or 2 problems separate ideas discussed in separate paragraphs content is generally clear to reader 2 or 3 problems with organization of information separate ideas are not discussed in separate paragraphs reader must reread at times for clarity Information is disorganized gaps in content leave reader confused.
Quality of Information Information clearly relates to questions posed in the introduction 3 or 4 unique, creative supporting details and/or examples are used which add interest to reader Information clearly relates to questions posed in the introduction 1 or 2 supporting details and/or examples are used to add interest. Information clearly relates to the questions posed in the introduction 1 supporting detail and/or example in provided. Information is not entirely related to questions posed in introduction no supporting details and/or examples provided Information has little to do with the questions posed in the introduction no supporting details and/or examples provided.
Diagrams (optional) Diagrams and illustrations are neat, accurate and clearly relate to the questions posed in the introduction they provide additional insight to the content Diagrams and illustrations are accurate and clearly relate to the questions posed in the introduction they add interest to the content Diagrams and illustrations are accurate and are related to the questions posed in the introduction Diagrams and illustrations where present are neither neat nor entirely accurate they don’t add much to the content Diagrams and illustrations where present are neither neat nor accurate; and they don’t appear to relate to the questions posed in the introduction
Summary Highlights important information conclusions are logical and reasonable and clearly relate to the questions posed in the introduction Highlights important information conclusions are reasonable and clearly relate to the questions posed in the introduction Important points indicated conclusions are reasonable and relate to the questions posed in the introduction Not all of the important points are identified there are some gaps in logic relating conclusions to the questions posed in the introduction Important points not identified conclusion does not relate to questions posed in the introduction
Punctuation, Capitalization & Spelling There are no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors There are 1 or 2 minor grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors There are 3 or 4 minor errors in punctuation, grammar and/or spelling which do not break the flow for the reader There are 1 or 2 major errors in punctuation, grammar and/or spelling which do interrupt the flow for the reader There are a number of major errors in punctuation, grammar and/or spelling which make it difficult to read
Sources All sources are accurately documented and in the desired format
3 or more sources were used All sources are accurately documented and in the desired format
2 or 3 sources were used All sources are accurately documented
Only 1 or 2 sources were used Attempt to document source used is not completely accurate
Only 1 source was used source used is not documented
only 1 source was used
Project Descriptions
Portfolio Management Project Description
This authentic assessment project satisfies the Course Objectives:
Use analysis methods in the valuation of actual equity securities
Construct an appropriate portfolio selection and manage it making decisions given a set of investment goals and objectives.
The term project is organized as an individual case study exercise. You will select a portfolio to study. A research paper and class presentations are required of each student. Both the written report and the presentation should contain supporting Excel charts and tables. It is the responsibility of each student to allocate time for project work and prepare one integrated final report and present their results to the class in Week 8.
Portfolio Management Project Written Assignment
The Portfolio Management Project Written Assignment is valued at 32% of your final course grade and covers all parts of the course. This report must be a minimum of 16 to 20 double-spaced MS Word formatted file plus exhibits, related documentation (e.g., tables, charts, reports, etc.), and at least four appropriate supporting references. It should include an abstract or executive summary of around two hundred (200) words. The written Portfolio Management Project Written Report will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
Portfolio Construction and Management
Establish objectives for construction and management of a portfolio, policy statement, strategy, asset allocation, industry analysis.
Implementation and application of specific and well-articulated portfolio management strategies; portfolio design, security selection criterion, initial and final Portfolio.
Show time series record including, price, value, cash, return, cumulative wealth, and profit and loss table with discussion.
Development and utilization of investment management tools: including online stock screeners, research tools and information, correlation, etc. Demonstrate understanding of concepts.
Portfolio Management Evaluation and Assessment
Provide explanation of the linkages between investment strategies and assets selected for inclusion in the portfolio (i.e., Why were specific securities purchased?)
Risk return analysis; statistics table with geometric mean, standard deviation, beta, percent systematic risk, R2, etc. Including CML, SML and correlation matrix with clear explanations
Compare investment returns to market benchmark; Explain differences between securities, portfolio, index; including terminal wealth, performance measures statistics, Sharpe, treynor, and alpha, including formulas and discussion.
Quantitative Analysis and Critical Thinking
Accurate computation of statistics, use of quantitative methods, utilizing professional analysis and critical thinking; including geometric mean, terminal wealth, standard deviation, Beta, value at risk, information ratio, etc.
Presentation of Paper and Writing
Organization, format and presentation of paper including title page, executive summary, table of contents, introduction, body, etc. (Submitted on time?)
Writing, grammar, spelling & punctuation; methodology, explanation of all tables and figures
Use of tables, figures and other graphics with labeling to summarize and support analysis, quality of charts & tables.
Logical and smooth flowing transitions and relationships among sections of the written report, with conclusions and recommendations.
Research Approach and Use of Professional Sources of Information and Data
Research sources and significance of research information and data, use of APA citation and URL links
Portfolio Management Project Presentation
The Portfolio Management Project Presentation is 12% of your final course grade. The executive presentation will consist of a slide show with approximately thirteen (13) or fourteen (14) slides in PowerPoint format submitted as an attachment. The presentation will be evaluated on its overall impact and the discussion that you lead with other classmates. The class presentations and written reports are graded separately. To receive full credit, the Portfolio Management Project Written Report and the Portfolio Management Project Presentation must be submitted no later than the end of Week 7. Late papers or presentations will be reduced by one letter grade per day. Any assignments received more than five days late will not be graded and will receive an automatic failing grade of zero. Your Portfolio Management Project Presentation will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
Presentation Construction – Depth, style, professional look
Posting position, first posting, early posing, late posting
Professional looking, graphics, effects, text, font size, background
Presentation of strategy, creativity. Discussion of your investments
Interaction with fellow students in presentation week. Respond to questions and comments
Presentation – Clarity, Brevity and Impact
Organization of presentation, clarity
Brevity – concise use of words to discuss results, tables and figures, etc. Sufficient explanation of tables and figures.
Educational value and Impact of your project, demonstrated concepts and ideas related to investments.
Presentation Content – Supporting Research & Quantitative Analysis
Demonstrated understanding of statistics and quantitative methods. Described importance of statistics with formulas, including geometric mean, terminal wealth, std. dev, Beta, R2, alpha, VaR, information Ratio, etc. Demonstrated the utilization of professional analysis and critical thinking.
Asset allocation table, initial and final portfolio weights, industry and sector makeup, portfolio return, etc.
Excel tables, accuracy and appearance; text size, background color, scale, fonts, contrast.
Excel charts; time series charts cumulative wealth, XY charts for CML and SML. Accuracy and appearance, text size, background color, scale, fonts, contrast.
Explanation /discussion to support analysis. Words per page, format. Written support for tables and charts.
Presentation – Specific Recommendations
Recommendations and conclusions, critique your own strategy.
The criteria for the paper and presentation will be evaluated based on the following Rubric:
Rubric
Work of distinction A
Superior work, clearly above average B
Satisfactory, meets essential requirements C
Passing, but below standard D
Failing, undeserving of credit F
Objective of the Portfolio Management Project
The objective of the Portfolio Management Project is to prepare an “executive level security analyst report and presentation” for a high-net-worth private investor. Your specific assignment is to research, analyze, and prepare a report and presentation to demonstrate your analytic skill and portfolio management understanding to this wealthy client. This report will require independent research (web-based or library), collecting price and dividend data for an investment portfolio over a 5-week period, careful financial analysis, and the proper application of key financial theories and formulas.
Situation
You are a Research Analyst working for a top portfolio management firm, “XXXX Portfolio Management”. A high-net-worth client has approached your firm with the objective of finding an analyst qualified to manage their large portfolio. Your firm has selected several of its analysts to develop test portfolios in order identify the best person to manage the portfolio of this rich client. You have been selected by your firm to develop a 5-week trial portfolio to present to the client (and class). Because of the importance of this client (and their potentially large investment) your fee for demonstrating superior portfolio selection and management skill will be substantial. The analyst with the best report will become the portfolio manager for this high-net-worth client’s portfolio (valued at over $100 million). Your portfolio management report and presentation will be submitted directly to your firm’s high-net-worth client with the approval of your firm’s Board of Directors. The success of your recommendations will determine the success of your firm in landing this large investor. (It is expected that your portfolio recommendations will not be the same as those reached by other analysts). You should do a market wide financial evaluation to determine the current situation, best investment course, appropriate asset allocation for this important client.
Portfolio Management Project Requirements
Your grade will be based on the quality of the final written report, and your class presentation of the report to your firm’s Board of Directors (the class) and to the high-net-worth client (your instructor). The class will review your presentation, make thoughtful and substantive responses, and you will be required to answer questions regarding your findings and recommendations. Possible topics in your report might be:
A discussion of your portfolio strategy, investment policy and security selection criterion.
How you selected and constructed your portfolio, and decided on portfolio weights.
Considerations of strategic and tactical asset allocation, style analysis, diversification, and sector allocation.
An evaluation of your portfolios performance; risk-return analysis, industry, sector, and market analysis, and correlation analysis.
Specific recommendations on alternative ways to improve performance with supporting rationale.
You are to consider all necessary and relevant stock market performance and information, trends, and projections in supporting your strategy. These factors should include, but are not necessarily limited to, stock screens, earnings forecasts, P/E ratios and industry comparisons, technical analysis and trends, capital market relationships, and analysts’ reports and ratings. Your report will specifically be concerned with risk and return, sector analysis, cumulative wealth, capital market line, security market line, and performance rankings. In addition, you must consider portfolio weights, commission costs and other factors covered in the course.
You will inform the class of your investment decisions by posting your strategies and initial portfolio in the Week 2 Conference topic “Portfolio Project – Buy your Portfolio”. The commission costs per trade (using CBOE Virtual Trade) are $9.95/trade for stocks and ETFs and $14.95/trade for options. The securities you select for your portfolio can be selected from any traded securities that are available on CBOE Virtual Trading.
Note: Investment constraints are (1) you cannot purchase the S & P 500 Index, (2) you cannot purchase bond funds, (3) you cannot purchase mutual funds (3) you cannot trade securities during the 5-week holding period and (4) Bonds cannot be purchased on CBOE. You will have to simulate your purchase of bonds using Yahoo! Finance or another source and track the purchase on your tracking spreadsheet. .
The investment schedule of the portfolio is as follows:
Week 2- Invest $100,000 in Stocks or ETS
Week 3- Invest $100,000 in Bonds
Week 4- Invest $100,000 in Options
Week 5- Invest $100,000 in Futures
Week 6- Sell the Portfolio
Portfolio Management Project Written Report and Presentation
Your final written report and the final presentation must be submitted at the end of Week 7 and presented to the class in Week 8. Each analyst should post their Report as a Main Topic in the Portfolio Presentations conference. Attach your final Written Report and Presentation (in MS PowerPoint) as two (2) files. Your report will be reviewed by the XXXX Portfolio Management’s Board of Directors representatives (you and your fellow students) and the high-net-worth client’s representative (your instructor).
Your class presentation will support your written analyst report and recommendations. Your presentation is a key part of your grade. You are also responsible for reviewing other presentations, contributing to discussions, and responding to their presentations with questions and discussions.
You have recently hired a new assistant, Susan Thompson, who previously worked in a financial accounting office preparing journal entries, which provide you with a recording of the day-to-day activities of the company and financial statements (income statement, statement of owners’ equity balance sheet, and cash flow statement). Although your new assistant has experience with and fully understands financial accounting, she has no experience with managerial accounting.
Memo #1 800 words (excluding title and references)
In a memo to your new assistant, Susan Thompson, complete the following:
Memo #2 800 words (excluding title and references)
In a memo to the board of directors, discuss the information found in each of the following financial statements, and describe how accounting information is used by managers for planning and control:
Your efforts with MLD Hospital have paid off. The corporation has hired SMP and your staff to provide supply chain management consulting services. Your team has begun analyzing the existing processes, and you have been tasked with developing the purchasing policies and procedures with focus on ethics in the supply chain.
Remember: From a supply chain management perspective, a company produces services or products. Clearly, MLD Hospital produces a service. This means that sourcing analysis must consider the raw materials necessary for producing this service (e.g., bandages, needles, blood, and medical equipment).
Using course materials and other resources, develop a paper for the hospital management consisting of the following sections:
| Grading Criteria | Percentage |
| Deliverable requirements addressed; understanding of material and writer’s message and intent are clear. | 35% |
| Scholarly research supports the writer’s position and is properly acknowledged, and cited direct quotations may not exceed 10% of the word count of the body of the assignment deliverable (excluding title page, abstract, table of contents, tables, exhibits, appendices, and reference pages). Inclusion of plagiarized content will not be tolerated and may result in adverse academic consequences. | 20% |
| Critical thinking: Position is well-justified, there is logical flow, and there are examples. | 20% |
| Structure: Includes introduction and conclusion, proper paragraph format, and reads as a polished, academic paper or professional presentation, as appropriate for the required assignment deliverable. | 10% |
| Mechanical: No spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors. | 10% |
| APA: Deliverable is cited properly according to the APA Publication Manual (6th ed.). | 5% |
1. Identify and describe the stages of development for global corporate evolution.
2. Identify and describe Hofstede’s dimensions of cultural differences.
3. Define the following: cross-cultural misperception, cross-cultural misinterpretation, and cross-cultural misevaluation.
4. Describe the process of developing culturally synergistic solutions to organizational problems.
5. Identify and describe four types of team of diversity.
6. Describe each of the following: leadership vision, leadership courage, and leadership influence.
7. What is cultural intelligence? Why is it important?
8. Describe the differences between traditional decision-making and cross-cultural decision-making.
9. Describe the cross-cultural negotiation process.
10. What do employers and employees need to know about managing cross-cultural transitions?
| Title | International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior |
|---|---|
| Author | Nancy J. Adler; Allison Gundersen |
Select a peer or someone in your current or former organization whose work you are familiar with. Arrange a meeting with the employee to discuss his or her performance. If you are unable to meet in person, you may conduct the meeting virtually by phone or through a Skype call. In a role play situation, pretend you are the manager and provide feedback on the employee’s strengths, weaknesses, and any opportunities for improvement. During your meeting, make notes of the conversation between you and the employee.
Thinking about your meeting with the employee, evaluate your own performance during the review. Were you pleased with the outcome? Do you feel the feedback you provided was effective? Were there any areas in which your employee disagreed with the assessment? What would you do differently?
Prepare a report (4 pages) in which you reflect on your experiences from this exercise. In addition, submit a copy of the notes/transcript you developed during your meeting.
Length: 4 pages, not including notes/transcript, title, and reference pages
Use the library and/or other Internet sources to research your topic. Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your assignment should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources for this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.